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CJP flags ‘communal polarisation campaign’ in Bengal polls, seeks action against BJP leaders over election speeches

CJP has filed two separate complaints before election authorities and police in West Bengal, alleging that speeches by Union Minister Sukanta Majumdar and BJP candidate Jagannath Chattopadhyay sought to polarise voters through religious appeals, anti-minority rhetoric, and fear-based narratives, thereby violating the Model Code of Conduct, electoral laws, and constitutional principles

CJP moves NCM seeking action against Haribhushan Thakur Bachaul for anti-Muslim genocidal speech

The Bihar MLA had compared Muslims to Ravan saying they should be set ablaze like demons

This is something spoiling the atmosphere: SC in Dharm Sansad case

Apex Court hears plea by Jitendra Tyagi aka Wasim Rizvi challenging Uttarakhand HC’s order denying him bail

BJP MLA compares Muslims to Ravan, demands such ‘demons’ should be set ablaze  

Haribhushan Thakur Bauchal’s open calls for violence against Muslims is dangerous

Hate Speech: Is administering an ‘oath’ to make India a ‘Hindu-rashtra’ legal?

Suresh Chavhanke CEO-Sudarshan News, continues administering anti-Constitutional ‘Hindu Rashta’ oath

Dharm Sansads: SC pulls up Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh for lax approach

Court directs HP to file an affidavit on the preventive steps taken in Una, and directs Uttarakhand to undertake corrective measures in Roorkee; says Chief Secys will be held responsible

Yati Narsinghanand calls Hindu women snakes for not having enough children

The serial hate speech maker has now berated Hindu women and men for not producing enough children

Dharam Sansad: Now Army veterans move court seeking probe by SIT into hate speeches

Plea to be heard on May 9 along with the previous PIL filed by Qurban Ali and Anjana Prakash

Social media platforms finally compel extremist groups to shun hate speech, fake news

A ‘clean up’ drive is underway on Meta, Instagram and Twitter, as administrators of various ‘nationalist’ Hindutva groups are now asking members to refrain from abusive and hateful content

The changing anatomy of hate speech and communal violence

The executive, the Government, instantly decides who the culprits are and delivers immediate judgment where the houses of minority community are bulldozed

Karnataka: Court directs FIR against hate-monger, Chandru Moger

Dismissing the police’s non-cognisable document, the court called for an investigation into the hate speech by the HJS Coordinator, Monger who had made vile statements against Muslims

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